I have an application where I call the following code when an exception occurs- that is, it is located within the "catch" of a "try/catch". It merely creates a "popup"-like window which tells the user to enter an int instead.
Stage dialogStage = new Stage();
dialogStage.initModality(Modality.WINDOW_MODAL);
dialogStage.setScene(new Scene(VBoxBuilder.create().
children(new Text("Please enter an integer."), new Button("Ok.")).
alignment(Pos.CENTER).padding(new Insets(5)).build()));
dialogStage.show();
The only problem is that the stage lingers even if the primary stage (that is the parameter in the public void start(Stage primaryStage)) is closed.
What have I tried?:
I made the dialogstage visible in the whole class by defining it as a class variable. Then I implemented the following code:
primaryStage.setOnCloseRequest((new EventHandler<WindowEvent>(){
@Override
public void handle(WindowEvent arg0) {
arg0.consume();
try
{
dialogStage.close();
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
System.out.print(ex.getMessage()+"\r\n");
}
}
}));
}
This "works" in that the dialogstage is closed when a user tries to exit the main application, however, it does not actually do what I intended: when you try to close the primary stage only the dialogstage is closed.
It is also an aesthetically displeasing solution as I don't want the whole class to know about the stupid dialog box which is only located in one try/catch and might never be used.
I'd like to know if there is a simple solution that tells the dialogstage to close when the primary stage does and where I don't have to write much code outside of my try/catch.
Best Answer
On the event OnCloseRequest on your main stage, perform
Platform.exit
(docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/api/javafx/application/Platform.html)